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Page 259
... child was still fairer than that of its mother . Indeed , she was not darker than other white children , and as she grew older she more and more resembled her father . As time passed away , Henry became negligent of Isabella and his child ...
... child was still fairer than that of its mother . Indeed , she was not darker than other white children , and as she grew older she more and more resembled her father . As time passed away , Henry became negligent of Isabella and his child ...
Page 260
... child was momentary . His heart had grown hard , and his acts were guided by no fixed principle . Henry and Gertrude had been married nearly two years before Isabella knew anything of the event , and it was merely by accident that she ...
... child was momentary . His heart had grown hard , and his acts were guided by no fixed principle . Henry and Gertrude had been married nearly two years before Isabella knew anything of the event , and it was merely by accident that she ...
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... child through the kitchen , with the hair cut so short that the naked scalp could be plainly seen . " ' Gins to look like nigger , now , " said Dinah , with her mouth upon a grin . The mistress smiled , as the shorn child reentered the ...
... child through the kitchen , with the hair cut so short that the naked scalp could be plainly seen . " ' Gins to look like nigger , now , " said Dinah , with her mouth upon a grin . The mistress smiled , as the shorn child reentered the ...
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Part I | 17 |
Part II | 42 |
Rage in the Fiction of Martin Delany | 79 |
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